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I recently started a job as a Plastic Surgery Clinic RN for a cosmetic plastic surgeon. I was surprised to discover that part of the job expectation is to take after hour calls from patients mostly to address post-op questions and concerns, as they arise. The surgeon I work for expects me to take 1st call with another surgeon acting as a designated 2nd call when he's out of town. His expectation is that I will answer any after hour calls from patients and escalate it to the surgeon on call as necessary. Coming from a decade of working as an OR nurse, on call hours aren't new to me...however, I have always been paid an hourly on call rate with the expectation to report to the hospital if I am called in and then be paid at a callback rate. I am currently getting paid my full hourly rate when I have to answer a call, but I am not being compensated for my time other than that. I have been asked to take nearly two weeks of call while he's out of town. I am currently in the process of negoti
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Hi! I'm looking for some career advice (or free therapy) in regards to my new job in the OR. I graduated with my BSN in May and began working as an OR RN in the beginning of August. So, I've been at this job for around 1 month now and I have a few issues with the training process and wondering if I am just not the right fit for the OR. My training is supposed to be 4 months. After one week, I was circulating well for a certain case so they began putting me in on my own which I did not feel ready for. I have expressed that I do not feel confident but I have been put in this situation again after I had said something. I train with a different nurse every shift (when I am not on my own) which leads me to be very confused because different nurses tell me different things and will tell me I am doing something wrong but that is how another nurse showed me. I wish there was consistency and I was with the same nurse (or rotate between 3) so I am not thrown all over the place. When I come in th
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I’m still in shock and just need to share. I showed up to work tonight and my manager pulled me aside and said she had been sent a photo of me sleeping on the unit. Handed over my badge and I left immediately. I never intentionally fell asleep just nodded off while charting (utter exhaustion and adjusting to nights). The unit is an absolute mess and always short staffed, unsafe practices abound though I think all the nurses are doing their very best. I own my mistake. But honestly my gut reaction was excitement that I got to go home. But next steps? I’m very experienced in a variety of specialties. Thank you for reading. submitted by /u/Tricky_Impression926 [link] [comments]
Does what it says on the tin. Only one kid is getting an alternate assignment and reading. First time dealing with this kind of request. How do I accommodate without drawing too much attention to it? Some more details. HS English 1, Texas, and our final assignment on the original novel is tomorrow. submitted by /u/Former_Lock9367 [link] [comments]
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Hope everyone’s school year is off to a good start for those who have started! I am in my first year as a librarian at a title l high school in a rural area. It came to my attention today that one of our students is in the 10th grade but cannot read or write. He doesn’t qualify for SPED because of his IQ. This shocked me and I didn’t understand how this child had made it so far in school without these very necessary skills… is this happening all over ? It’s become apparent to me that the school will bend over backwards to pass kids who make zero effort but I just can’t wrap my head around this. submitted by /u/Regular-Day-5611 [link] [comments]
Hi everyone, I recently passed NCLEX and earned my BSN, but after dozens of instant rejections from hospital systems, I took a staff RN role at a subacute/rehab facility to get to work. Honestly, the stigma around starting in a SNF is getting to my head. Even though I have a job, it feels like I haven't "really" started, and I'm terrified I'll be stuck here forever. I keep applying to hospital positions and just get automated rejections within hours. I didn't work as a tech during school, but I had a semester DEU preceptorship. What am I doing wrong on this resume? What needs to change to actually get a hospital interview? Thanks for the honesty. Edit: thank you so much I didn’t expect this many responses, I really appreciate this and love reading every response I wanted to add that I never really had a worked due to personal unfortunate circumstances so I have no experience other than clinical so I feel that may be a major reason why they keep rejecting me submitted by /u/AdMaximum395
I have a 9th grade self-contained SPED class with about 15 students. Now I’m first-year special education teacher. And I feel like I’m in for such a rough year. At first I wasn’t too concerned about the class size (I didn’t know any better since it’s my first year), but now that I have had a chance to talk with other teachers and thanks to some Reddit users, I have realized that I have too many kids in a self-contained class considering that I have no paras and I am the only adult in the room. I’m starting to feel very angry. Now that I’m starting content with my class I understand why other more experienced teachers at my school have been surprised by the size of the class, as the need for a para or dedicated aid is becoming more evident. I’m worried about doing myself and the kids a disservice this school year, especially since I teach a tested subject. What makes it worse is that there are other teachers in my building who have only one student and three students on their rosters. A
Almost 69, love my job, and yet I came home today wishing I could quit. I need some advice about how to navigate this new normal. I’m a high school English teacher, almost 69, and I genuinely love what I do. I’m outgoing, cheerful, optimistic, and I absolutely love my students. But I am miserable in my department office in ways that are surprising since one-on-one each person is great. There are nine of us, mostly late 20s to mid-40s. Four sit together and the nonstop joking, teasing, and camaraderie between them is incessant. They have their own little world. I sit there feeling invisible.And honestly, it hurts. A new faculty member has made it worse. He is a friend of the principal, and the sucking up and ridiculous buddy-buddy behavior around him is hard to watch. My department chair is part of the group, and we don't have a dean of faculty, so I don't even know who I could safely talk to. I’m afraid to say anything because I worry I’ll be seen as difficult or overly sensitive, and
ER nurse here, I’m currently worried about what this is going to entail. It went into effect on September 1st and that was my last shift on for a week. I’m concerned that this is going to increase overcrowding of the emergency departments, worsen sick patient outcomes due to lack of timely interventions, and overwhelm our ERs even more than they already are. Looking for what some fellow nurses insights are on this. submitted by /u/Silly_Gear_9716 [link] [comments]
This is sort of a silly question, but since I’ve been in healthcare, I noticed that most medical students and doctors wear their scrub top tucked into their scrub pants. The RNs and CNAs tend to wear their tops untucked. In every hospital and clinic I’ve worked, this has always been an unspoken rule, but never actually written in any of the dress codes I’ve seen. There were a couple male nurses I worked with and they wore their scrub tops tucked in, and it always looked out of place. Anyone else noticed this or know why it is? submitted by /u/Abs_995 [link] [comments]
"Your job can't just be about education." My principal told me that. With a straight face. That as a teacher I wasn't just being hired to teach but to join a second family. I don't particularly like my first family, why would I want a second? I want to work and go home. My passion is writing and English. I want to bring that but not be a surrogate parent. Yet that's what schools increasingly demand. Lots of people say to just have firm boundaries. Good advice but useless when the school won't accept it. When the school says we are the problem. My job should be to teach, not to be on all the time. Teachers try to have firm boundaries. We're burning out because the schools won't do the same. submitted by /u/Jack_the_Lizard [link] [comments]
This isn't really a rant i'm more just shocked at the fact that a good half of the seniors in my Political Science class didn't know what the emancipation proclamation was when I talked about it in class earlier to use as an example of something else we have been talking about the past week. I had to sidetrack a little bit and have a mini lecture on the end of the Civil War today. It really shocks me because Civics and U.S. History are prerequisites for Political Science in the school I teach at. You have to take and pass both classes. Am I wrong in thinking this should be something they should know? I feel like I learned about the emancipation proclamation when I was in middle school. submitted by /u/Lazy_Inevitable4077 [link] [comments]
Refreshing. I know some of you all are drinkers and/or smokers. Anyone else like hitting the bar/pub after work even during the week sometimes? It relaxes me personally, and I don’t like drinking at home alone. I always find it funny seeing a parent of a student while I’m out on one of these excursions. “Ha! Funny seeing you here. Cheers!” submitted by /u/Vast-State-4548 [link] [comments]
So my case manager and attending physician for this case are unsure of what the next steps are for this patient, I’m hoping somebody here will be able to help me… I have a bedridden patient admitted from a long term facility. She has a neurogenic bladder and chronic retention. She came in with a perforated bladder from apparently repeated trauma from a SUPRAPUBIC* catheter which was pushed so hard into her when it was placed that it went THROUGH the bladder out a pressure injury on her sacrum… she now has a new suprapubic catheter in place, performed by a urologist at my hospital. I am wondering if a report should be filed to her facility’s BON? This just seems so insane and negligent to me. The patient is currently A/Ox2, but is aware that somebody did something wrong to her bladder. I’m at a loss here. Thank you in advance! EDIT: complaint has been filed with the state. Thank you everyone for making me feel like I’m not actually crazy for being upset by this. I will always advocate f
Edit: Thank you to everyone who offered their advice. As mentioned in the original post I removed the main body to ensure the safety of my students and anonymity after getting advice. For context the original post was about observations on a brother possibly sexualizing his sister. I'd reported it to my supervisor at the time but was having doubts on whether I had done enough. I am not in the US but I am still a mandatory reporter. I have met the requirements of my state but am authorized to report further if I feel the need to. After reading your replies and talking to a helpline, I have decided I do need to make a further report, I'll contact my supervisor tomorrow to inform her and ask her for the appropriate channels. My top priority is the safety of my students, all of them. But for now I need to make sure I am mentally clear before any further actions. As much as I want to believe I am misreading the signs, my gut tells me there's more to it and that I haven't done enough yet to
How do you make it through a school year that you do not want to make it through at all? What are your tips? I'm a high school teacher and every day feels like a long, arduous emotional journey. I spend all day excited to return to the peace of my home. If the economy gods smile upon me, I'll leave teaching at the end of the year and get literally any other job. submitted by /u/yonicsymbol [link] [comments]
My hospital just started piloting this new “chart with ART” AI documentation for nurses. I was one of the chosen lucky super users to test it out. So far I have mix feelings about, I feel like it is not easing my work load, the fact that I have to review everything than see if it correct and approve and fill in everything else it did not pick up in my assessment, is actually making more time for documentation. Has anyone had success with this program? I know there are only about 8 hospitals in the US that have been is this program, but maybe some of you are on here to give me your view point. submitted by /u/Neat_Comfortable_355 [link] [comments]
Coworker found a double ended nasal cannula. Very effective equipment. submitted by /u/EtOH-tid-PRN [link] [comments]
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I currently work peri operative nursing. I work in an inpatient facility so I have the benefit of making inpatient wages which is much higher than outpatient earnings. The job is fairly simple. A lot of the patients are same day elective procedures but I still need to maintain my nursing skills because I need to monitor lab values and read rhythm strips. We hold for inpatients as well so need to manage chest tubes, traction and other monitored interventions. While we don’t fully recover patients we deal with patients that the recovery unit passes off and often have to finish recovery so we still need to keep up with advanced certifications. It’s 4 ten hour shifts. No weekends, no nights and no holidays. So, I recently heard some RN educators basically stated that the peri-op nurses are barely nurses since we just “babysit” patients for an hour or so before procedure then discharge them after recovery. For some reason this has really gotten to me. So much so that I am considering transf
24 yr old teacher, 4th shooting in my teaching career, I think I’m gonna close the book on teaching. I don’t wanna contribute to making the world a better place by being in danger, I want money and to be safe. submitted by /u/wtfnmnf [link] [comments]
This is so long but a true rant to get it off my chest :( Floated to the ER holding for the first time. I've got 8 months of experience on a PCU/medsurg/tele floor, I was excited... Was.... I had no techs, only one other nurse who was floating to the hospital for the first time. I had 16 patients by the end of the day (only 6 at once, but cycling through)-- idk if that's considered a slow day or not. At first I was doing ok, lots of running around trying to find stuff. I felt terrible some patients were a complete mess but I barely had time to give scheduled medication, let alone change linen. I realized I didn't even get blood sugars. I didn't even get dinner trays anyway.. Towards the end of the day I just got so behind, all of my labs for an PCU pt on 4 different drips kept getting hemolyzed (nobody called me, until I realized later the labs still said UNCOLLECTED-- and a 5min hold with lab to figure out what happened) I asked someone for help and didn't think about it until way lat
Hello everybody! Tomorrow I have an interview with a medspa who was searching for a medical assistant. They had mistaken me as a pa student when I was cold calling/ emailing but she (the owner, an np) had entertained the idea of an internship when I had brought it up. She said that she wouldn't be hiring me currently as a medical assistant because they do need someone who is experienced (i currently have no experience other than hospital volunteering lol), but was very kind on the phone and said an internship route could transition to me being trained/formal role on their team. She wanted to set up a virtual interview because I'm not from the area and won't be moving back for school for another couple weeks. I have seen some people say that their experience as an MA at a med spa was fine for PCE hours, but I wanted to see what others thought. I am additionally in contact with a dermatology office who told me to reach back out once I was back in the area. However, this office has had po
I was watching this TikTok video with 4 million views and it seems like this woman is claiming to be a principal when she is actually a social media influencer. The story is fake. Surprisingly teachers and administrators are believing her story and that she is a principal in every single comment. Also other TikTokers who are teachers have also made posts reiterating the story as the truth. Cmon, don’t believe everything you see. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8cYgqmW/ submitted by /u/Informal-Building267 [link] [comments]
Just a vent. I’m a teacher currently teaching my students how to produce strong writing and deepen their reading comprehension skills. They ask me frequently what the purpose of having these skills is, when all of the technology that could create their writing for them exists. When all of the information they need to know is provided in an audible format . I’m able to teach some media and digital literacy, but my hands are tied because I also risk being affiliated with either political party (putting my job at risk) and upsetting parents or others in my very ______ district . I tell my students that these skills are applicable in so many ways to modern life. I give the entire hoopla about communicating, having to write persuasive efficient emails, standing out from the robotic masses that use AI to do their writing, etc. But modern life is progressing much quicker than educational reform and I’m feeling really weirdly about it lately. As the adult in the room, I know that great readers
I was recently hired to a level 1 trauma high-volume ED (with almost 100+ beds in just the ED alone) a few months ago and honestly it’s been rough. Prior to this, I worked at a critical access ED for a few years so I was looking forward to work at an urban area. Coworkers and management have been great — no concerns in that regard. However I feel like the workload for the very high pt acuity has been insane and to an extent, I feel unsafe? My ratio is thankfully generally 1:3 but occasionally 1:4 and sometimes 1:7 in fast track (tbh even these pts in fast track are still very acutely ill, eg. sometimes they cardiovert and potassium-shift). No ED techs in the hospital (this is baseline staffing), hardly any extra float staff due to chronic short-staffing, sometimes no patient watch on my involuntary admit pts. Very very SICK pts. All the other nurses generally have the same workload so even asking them for help is sometimes difficult because even they are drowning too. So I’m often left
I don't know whats wrong with me. Its always with wound charts as well. I got called into the managers office for the second time, as i keep confusing my lefts and rights. I'm always rushing each shift and can't ask for help. I'm genuinely worried i'm going to get kick out because i can't differentiate between the two. I don't know whats wrong with me. Another thing i've realised is that everytime i do something wrong, its projected, however, i've seen people upload a completely incorrect image and even the wrong location for wound review and nothing seems to happen to them. Idfk i'm thinking of persuing a different career. It doesn't matter how much time you put in, to help, you get scruntinised and torn apart. I can acknowledge my wrongs, but i can't acknowledge putting other people on a higher pedestal. Fml. submitted by /u/notinmyham [link] [comments]
I’m a RN on a 22 bed unit at a level 1 trauma center. My rant is that I and many other coworkers admit SO INFREQUENTLY! There’s at least 3-6 cases M-F, most on day shift, 1-2 at shift change/nights & even a couple on Saturdays. I’ll maybe get an admit once every month or two, and have to ask for it when I pick up. And honestly most of the time really inexperienced/newer nurses get admits, or the same people over and over again. I understand maybe they are trying to get new people experience, but does it have to be weekly?? There’s the cycle of admit first day, send to step down second day, admit again & repeat. Should these admissions be spread out more evenly?? I say this as we also can have many chronic patients, and spending weeks with the same type of patient (trach, peg, bed bound, not stable enough for floor but not acutely ill) is NOT helping my experience. Every acute admission I’ve done well with & receive positive feedback. Is it that I’m competent & they see that? submitted
So right before my pre algebra class this 7th grader who just came in before class started to disrupt my class started getting loud and I angrily said “get out of my class” after he overstayed his welcome and the look of his puppy eyed sad face made me feel so bad and guilty and I still haven’t gotten over it even though I should have . Has anyone had this experience before or similar ? submitted by /u/NoelK132 [link] [comments]
Had meet the teacher, parent went through the list of reasons they can get away with more than other students, “whatever it is, we can work with it. I have high expectations for my class.” (* looks at student) * student acknowledges, shakes head *Parent chimes in: “Well I don’t…. I’m just hoping we get her through, im okay with a 60-65, but I don’t think she will pass the state test” why, like even if you think that, why say it? atleast push them to do their best submitted by /u/Delo-k [link] [comments]
it’s been a weird i heard back very early for an interview and then was rejected very quickly in june and i haven’t gotten interviews since. recently i got two rejections and that has been it. my anxiety has been really bad and it’s hard not to look down on myself. i’m trying my best to stay positive and maybe even prepare and refresh my mind for interviews but i can’t help but overthink what ive done wrong. i’m the type of person that needs certainty and a plan. i also recently just within the last week went part time within my hospital ans transferred to a scribe role (previous MA) after applying bc my workplace was getting very toxic and MA job has been very draining. i am enjoying scribing but ik its doesn’t count for hours for some schools and i’m now regretting doing that receiving these rejections. my stats i felt were on par with accepted applicants, 3.6 cgpa 3.5 sgpa diverse experiences, ~3,200 hours, lots of leadership and community service to underserved communities, had man
I’m genuinely curious if other teachers in California are experiencing the same thing or if my admin is just lacking. This is my 10th year teaching in a California public high school. We have kids who lie, cheat, use drugs on campus and even in classrooms, get into fights, cuss out teachers, openly disrespect staff, and repeatedly refuse to follow expectations, and yet there are still very few meaningful consequences. What’s especially frustrating is that it didn’t used to be this way at my school. When I first started teaching, kids would actually receive consequences for serious behavior, and more often than not, the behavior would stop. They even received consequences for smaller behaviors, that now wouldn’t even warrant a response from admin at all. There was a level of accountability that seems to have disappeared. Now we can document, write referrals, call home, have meetings, etc., but so much of it feels like paperwork without any real follow-through. And the kids know it. It g
So I’ll get straight to the point. We had a student who was expelled last year for extreme violence against teachers and students. Well today I found out he is now homeless and because of the Mckinley-Vento act we are required by law to enroll him. He has stabbed multiple people. Today they informed me they are so understaffed that I will not be getting a para in the class to help with this student. Students are coming up to me telling me they are scared of this student. Fourth grade. I 100% believe this student deserves to be in school, deserves to learn among peers, deserve safety and stability. He needs a lot of help and he won’t be getting it this year, and my students are going to suffer because of it. submitted by /u/Dry_Kaleidoscope5012 [link] [comments]
I have three weeks left in a 14-week orientation. I did an 8-month externship in a very high-acuity neuro ICU and CVICU during my last semester in school and three months post-graduation. I saw a lot of stuff. Balloon pumps, CRRT, impellas, neuro patients with EVDs, etc. After that, I precepted in a Tele unit and felt like I was doing great, gaining confidence, my unit was supportive and the culture was amazing. They were all friends, played sports together, were invited to each others' weddings, etc. Patients here were very sick and got to see some drip titrations, wounds, chest tubes, drains, trachs, etc. This new unit is so different. It is a very low-acuity ICU, I barely got to see ONE balloon pump a few weeks ago. I've seen two CRRTs during my orientation. We often get Tele patients. Most patients in my unit eat, drink, shit, and walk. Yet, the expectations at this hospital are very high. I am getting shit for not managing my time better. I am getting shit for not being "louder" a
I propose that we might consider the following policy change to deal with staffing shortages: Teachers are permitted to inform a student, on the very last day of school, that they are in fact an asshole. They made chose one student each year and not more, so that the conversation can be a true tier 3 intervention. Just a thought. submitted by /u/Kiwi-Sorry [link] [comments]
A person with a business Bachelors degree completed an online MSN program, had about 2 months of orientation as a bedside RN, and is now going to be teaching students at the online school she graduated from. They will be adjunct faculty for an online MSN–Direct Entry program and are “excited about the opportunity to help teach, coach, and support the next group of nurses coming through the program.” They are, “especially excited about working with students in virtual simulation, clinical judgment, and NCLEX preparation.” This person is now referring to themselves as “professor.” Am I the only one who thinks this is wild? Someone with almost zero experience and beginner clinical judgment teaching others? submitted by /u/Digging_Naturalist [link] [comments]
Last Tuesday was our first day of instruction. The eighth graders came to pick-up their schedules and were offered a calm fidget toy. By Wednesday, I noticed that in my last three classes, about 75% had squishy and other fidget toys. On Thursday, one of my classes became especially distracted by the toys, students were playing with them, pounding them on the tables and so on. At that point, I decided I had reached my limit. On Friday, I stopped instruction and asked students to put the calming toys away, explaining that they would not longer be allowed during class. For the past two days, not one students has played with them. Has anyone else noticed an effect, whether positive or negative from these calming toys in the classroom? submitted by /u/Intelligent-Rain-22 [link] [comments]
My school district has banned all “communication devices” starting this year. This means phones, smart watches, wireless earbuds, and other things that result in kids being distracted (other than laptops and iPads). Results so far? We suspect some kids lying to the tune of “my parents grounded me and I don’t have my phone!” (Don’t worry, I’ve got a stock email in development for this problem to the kids parents). Otherwise, they’re socializing and it’s a tremendous breath of fresh air. My favorite thing I’ve seen so far is in my AP Chemistry class. A student walks in listening to wired headphones. Curious, I check to see what is going on, and they pull out of their pocket A PORTABLE CASSETTE PLAYER!!! I ask them what their listening to (I’m a huge music nerd and always love to talk music with the kids) and they share with me “oh, its Pearl Jam’s album ‘Ten’”. I just about fell out of my chair. This of course led to talks of Pearl Jam and other offshoots (Mad Season, Temple of the Dog,
They can hate it the whole time, and they can hate me, but I will make them learn. They will learn. They will read. They will write. They will be considerate, respectful, and polite humans. They will be kind, loving, and understanding. They will give a shit about their fellow humans. They will be confident in themselves and their abilities. If all they learn is how to be civil in an environment they don't want to be in with people they don't want to be around, they have learned something. I don't give two flying fucks about whether or not they want to learn. I want them to. I love them and I want the world for each and every single one of them. It was a long day. submitted by /u/warmdemander [link] [comments]
I am a PACU nurse (post anesthesia) I was feeling myself today... hair was hitting right, outfit was cute FIGS Scrubs, overall 10/10 vibes. I was caring for a patient fresh out of oral maxillofacial surgery who couldn't speak yet, so he motioned for a pen and paper ✍️ He writes one word: "HOT" For a solid three seconds, I was like, Damn, okay... even with a wired jaw he’s shooting his shot. Then he pointed at the blankets. He was just sweating. Humbled 😭 submitted by /u/External-Advance-425 [link] [comments]
I am eight years into this job. I teach upper elementary. I have cried after school, every day since the first day. I do not like my kids. I barely like my school. This is my hardest year yet. The refusal to work, apathy, arguing, constant - and I mean constant - talking, even across the room or during tests. I have re-taught transitions, routines and expectations. I repeatedly make us try again and again till we do it right. I give consequences, I message home. It’s every. day. Everyone constantly complains or is hungry for snack time or wanting nap time??? Most my class is below grade level in math and reading. I have loved every single class I have ever taught, I have also loved teaching. But three weeks in and I’m having panic attacks at the thought of going back the next day. I don’t know what to do, I’m worried quitting would impact my ability to get a job at a different school in the future but I have some personal health things that aren’t impacting my work but that I’d love to
Excerpts, autocorrect :,) Can we talk about this? I remember being in fifth grade and pestering my teacher at the time about how we are only reading short passages rather than the whole book. Kids today are feeling this disconnect likely just as much as I did, if not more. Thirteen years later, as a teacher myself, my stance on this has only gotten stronger. The "passage-and-question" format of modern reading curriculums has turned literacy into a clinical process made to mirror the format of standardized tests. By replacing whole novels with snippets and text excerpts that only cushions the ever-shortening attention spans of kids (oh my god, don’t even get me started on brain breaks, by the way), we have systematically stripped away narrative context and cognitive endurance. You cannot build deep background knowledge or a genuine love for books 5-10 sentences at a time. The current literacy crisis is largely about a system failing to give them anything worth reading. I’m sick of this,
I was just in a class today as they needed help getting kinders hooked on computers and it made me cry. They shouldn't be on computers at all. They are being taught by little monsters with squeaky voices, and they are being asked questions that they are not ready for. Fight me on this-- I want to be convinced that this is good for young minds as it is so widespread. submitted by /u/Lake_Light_2020 [link] [comments]
Anybody else get this direction for the first few days of school from the custodial staff? It happens every year, we come back from summer and we have to set up our rooms and move desks and this sends the custodians into overdrive, reminding us to lift up desks, not to drag them, to not scuff the floors, and you know what, but the 4th day of school everything is scuffed and messy anyway. But it’s just comical because we go through this ever single year. ETA: this is being taken way heavier than I expected. It was marked comical because we laugh about it at school. ”we” being the custodians too. I do my part to not make the custodians jobs any harder than they are. My dad was one. It’s not elitist. It’s not entitled. It’s back to school experiences. And the custodians will also break my chops if my class gets in trouble, or they page me to the office. We joke around. submitted by /u/CWKitch [link] [comments]
I'm happy someone at the faculty meeting said it. All of us were thinking it. Our attendance numbers for August aren't great. We have a specific list of chronically late, chronically absent students with no documentation. Here's the thing. Those with documentation as to why they are chronically absent have been nothing but cooperative with us. One of my students is having health issues and has been communicating with the school. The principal had the audacity to tell us that the students are just following our bad example. For instance, we're taking sick days in August, despite the policy being that no teacher may be on campus if a fever is 101 degrees or higher. We're told that the kids look up to us and will emulate us. I find that hard to believe considering this is high school. Then the principal tells us that we need to incentivize students to be on campus with rewards. One of the nuns pretty much tells the principal the title. She goes on about saying that if a parent wants to bu